Malingerer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malingerer \Ma*lin"ger*er\, n. [F. malingre sickly, weakly,
     prob. from mal ill + OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean,
     infirm, fr. L. aeger.]
     In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who
     induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his
     duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by


     pretending illness or inability.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  malingerer
       n : someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or
           incapacity [syn: {skulker}, {shammer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "malingerer":
     blagueur, bluff, bluffer, bungler, charlatan, clock watcher,
     disregarder, dodger, eye-servant, fake, faker, fourflusher, fraud,
     goldbrick, goldbricker, goof-off, humbug, idler, ignorer,
     impersonator, impostor, mountebank, neglecter, negligent,
     old soldier, phony, poser, poseur, pretender, procrastinator,
     quack, quacksalver, quackster, ringer, saltimbanco, sham, shammer,
     shirk, shirker, skulk, skulker, slacker, sloven, slut, soldier,
     tax dodger, trifler, truant, waiter on Providence, welsher